Wilbur Curtis Company TCTS/T, PTT3, CBS, CBP Service Manual

Models Included:

• TCTS/T

• PTT3

Starting on Page 7:

• CBS

• CBP

CAUTION: Please use
this setup procedure
before attempting to use

this brewer. Failure to
follow the instructions can result in
injury or the voiding of the warranty.

CAUTION: DO NOT
connect this brewer to hot
water. The inlet valve is
not rated for hot water.

IMPORTANT: After

setup, run a FULL

brewcycle. Place a tea

container to catch both
hot water from the brewcone and
dilution water from spout on the front
cover.

Wilbur Curtis Company, inC.

Service Manual – Iced Tea & Combo Brewer

Important Safeguards/Conventions

This appliance is designed for commercial use. Any servicing other than cleaning and maintenance
should be performed by an authorized Wilbur Curtis service center.

• Do NOT immerse the unit in water or any other liquid

• To reduce the risk of re or electric shock, do NOT open top or front panel. No user serviceable parts
inside. Repair should be done only by authorized service personnel.

• Keep hands and other items away from hot parts of unit during operation.

• Never clean with scouring powders, bleach or harsh implements.

Conventions

WARNINGS – To help avoid personal injury

Important Notes/Cautions – from the factory

Sanitation Requirements

Your Curtis G3 Tea Brewer is Factory Pre-Set and Ready to Go… Right out of the Carton.

Following are the Factory Settings for your TCT or PTT Iced Tea Brewing System:

• Brew Temperature = 204°F

• Brew Volume = Set to dispensing vessel requirements (2.2 liters)

Generally there will never be a reason to change the G3 programming. However, should you need to make slight adjustments to meet
your brewing needs, programming instructions are provided later in this manual.

System Requirements:

• Water Source 20 – 90 PSI. Minimum ow rate of ½ GPM (preferred ow rate is 1gpm)

• Electrical: See attached schematic for standard model or visit www.wilburcurtis.com for your model.
Equipment to be installed to comply with applicable federal, state, or local plumbing/electrical codes having jurisdiction.

SETUP STEPS

The unit should be level (left to right and front to back), located on a solid counter top. Connect a water line from the water lter to the
brewer. NOTE: Some type of water ltration device must be used to maintain a trouble-free operation. (In areas with extremely hard
water, we suggest that a sedimentary and taste & odor lter be installed.) This will prolong the life of your brewing system and enhance

coffee quality.

NSF International requires the following water connection:

1. A quick disconnect or additional coiled tubing (at least 2x the depth of the unit) so that the machine can be moved for
cleaning underneath.

2. Thisequipmentistobeinstalledwithadequatebackowprotectiontocomplywithapplicablefederal,stateandlocal

codes..

3. Waterpipeconnectionsandxturesdirectlyconnectedtoapotablewatersupplyshallbesized,installedandmaintained

in accordance with federal, state, and local codes.

1. A 1/4” Flare has been supplied for water line connection. Use tubing sized sufciently to provide ½ GPM (preferred ow rate is 1gpm).

2. Connect the unit to an appropriate electrical power circuit.

3. Turn on the toggle (STANDBY/ON) switch behind the unit. The heating tank will start to ll. When the water level in the tank rises
to the correct volume, the heating element will energize automatically. With G3 tea brewers there is no danger of element burnout

caused by an empty tank.

4. The heating tank will require 20 to 30 minutes to reach operating temperature (204°F) as indicated by the READY-TO-BREW LCD

readout.

5. Important: Run one full brewcycle, to purge the water lines and valves of air. Five seconds of dilution water at the beginning of each
brewcycle is normal pre-programmed operating behavior.

WARNING HOT LIQUID,
Scalding may occur.
Avoid splashing.

ISO 9001 REGISTERED

WILBUR CURTIS COMPANY

Montebello, CA 90640

BREWING INSTRUCTIONS

1. Brewer should be ON (Conrm at rear toggle switch, then press ON/OFF button) and Ready-to-Brew displayed.

2. Place lter in brew basket.

Pour leaf tea into basket.

3. Slide brew cone into brew
rails. Place tea container
under brew cone.

4. Press the BREW button to

brew tea.

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Your Curtis Generation 3 Brewer is Factory Pre-Set for Optimum Performance.

After connection to water and power; the rear toggle switch must be on. You will hear a beep sound, indicating power is available to the controller.

CURTIS

HEATING

CURTIS
FILLING

GRAY

The control displays . Press ON/OFF button and the screen will display . After three seconds, is displayed.

Water will ll the tank (approximately 2-3 minutes depending on water ow rate). When the proper level is reached will appear on the
screen. It takes approximately 20 minutes to reach set point temperature of 204°F.

Control will display when temperature reaches the set point (204°F). Unit is now ready to brew.

CURTIS < TCT >

CURTIS

READY to BREW

CURTIS

To Go Into Programming

Turn off (dark display) by pressing ON/OFF button (yellow). Press and hold BREW button 4 (green) and then press and release ON/OFF button (yellow).

Continue holding BREW button. Display will read , wait until is displayed Enter the 4-digit access code, the digits 1-4 corre­spond to the buttons (see illustration below).
The default code set at the factory is 1-2-3-4. Then will be displayed.

All programming selections are performed with the three center buttons.
The symbols below the buttons are:

Scroll LEFT

31 2

4

 SELECTION or ENTER to save new parameter

Scroll RIGHT

SPRAYHEADS: Mentioned in this Programming guide are the words Gray and Purple. This refers to the color of the sprayhead. The current
sprayhead is the purple AFS. The older version is the gray sprayhead. See the illustration at right.

PROGRAM MENUS

Program Menus

Tea Recipes

Tea By Volume

Tea By Time

Tea Dilut Delay

Tea Dilut Volume

PURPLE

Program Menus screen. Press > button, to show the next menu item.

Tea Recipes (Factory set to Standard Tea Purple)

Press  to Select. Press < or > to scroll through recipes: Standard Gray, Standard Purple, Tropical Gray, Tropical
Purple, 76/308 Gray or 76/308 Purple. Press  to set.

Tea by Volume: Press  to select, Display will now show Push START To Begin... Press the BREW button then
hot water starts running, when desired volume is reached press BREW button again to stop the ow. Now the

volume has been set. Pressing > button will display the subsequent menu features.

Tea by Time (Factory set to 5:52)

Press  to select. By pressing < or > buttons, you can increase and decrease time. Press  to set minutes and
seconds.

Tea Dilution Delay (Factory set to 0:30)

Press  to Select. Press < or > buttons, to add or decrease time. Press  to set.

Tea Dilution Volume: Press  to Select, Display will now show Push START To Begin... Press the BREW button
and water will ow, when desired volume is reached press BREW button again to stop the ow. Now the volume

has been set. Press > to display subsequent menu features.

Tea Dilut Time

Dilution Time (Factory set to 4:05)

Press  to Select. By pressing < or > buttons, you can increase and decrease time. Press  to set minutes and
seconds.

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Tea Dilut Stir

Tea Pulse Brew

Tea Fast Brew

Tea Half Batch

Drip-Out

Temperature

Energy Save Mode

Tea Dilution Stir (Factory set to ON).

Press  to Select. Press < or > buttons, to toggle between OFF and ON. Press  to set.

Tea Pulse Brew (Factory set to OFF).

Press  to Select. Press < or > to select ON, OFF or D. D is a manual adjust from 1 to 20 pulses with an ON time
from 5 to 150 seconds and an OFF time from 5 to 150 seconds.

Tea Fast Brew (Factory set to OFF).
Press  to Select, press < or > to choose ON or OFF. Selecting ON will start hot water spraying in the brewcone rst
and then 1 minute later the dilution water will start to ow.

Tea Half Batch (Factory set to OFF).

Press  to Select. Press < or > buttons, to toggle between OFF and ON. Press  to set.

Drip-Out (Factory set to 45 seconds)

Press  to Select. Press < or > to adjust time. Settings are OFF, up to 15 minutes, at one minute increments.

Temperature (Factory set to 204ºF)
Press  to Select. Press < or > to increase or decrease setting. Temperature range, from 170ºF to 208ºF in 2-degree
increments.

Energy Save Mode (Factory set to OFF)

Press  to Select, < or > ON, OFF or ON 140ºF ,  to set. When in ON, unit will automatically shut off 4 hours from
last brew. When feature is OFF, unit does not have the energy saving mode.

In the ON 140ºF position, temperature goes down to 140ºF. if unit has not brewed in 4 hours. This feature will save

energy by maintaining a lower temperature in the tank during periods of non-operation.

Brew Count Odom

Brew Count Total

Cold Brew Lock

Master Reset

Service Call

Access Code

Brew Count Odom.

Press  to display total brew cycles. Press ex or Reset Brew Count Total
Press  to Select, Shows total gallons and total brew cycles on the unit. Not resettable.

Brew Count Total

Press  to Select, Shows total gallons and total brew cycles on the unit. Not resettable.

Cold Brew Lock (Factory set to 5º F)

Press  to select, < or > to select desired setting (CBL 5, 15 or OFF), to set.

The Cold Brew Lock feature allows the brewer to brew at three different temperature levels from the actual set point.

Therstsettingiswithin5degreesofsetpoint,nextiswithin15degreesofsetpoint,OFFiswithin30degreesof

set point for the Ready to Brew message, however it will brew at any temperature.

Master Reset

Press  to display Are You Sure? Then < for Yes, > for No. When Master Reset is used, the all of the menu selec-
tions in the UCM return to factory defaults.

Service Call (Phone number Factory set to [800] 995-0417)
Press  to display number and change number or < to move place and EX to exit when complete. This number will
be displayed during a Heating system SENSOR ERROR or during a WATER ERROR.

Access Code (Factory set to 1-2-3-4)

Press  to display number and change number, (the number can be changed 1 to 4) or < to move place and ex to exit
when complete.

Banner Name

Banner Name (Factory set to CURTIS)

Press  to display letters and change letters or < to move place and EX to exit when complete
This feature allows up to 14 letters to be programmed for company name or regional name. Programming all blanks

disables Banner Name. If programmed, Banner Name is displayed every 5 sec. on and off.

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P-Maintenance

Beeper On/Off

Quality Timer

Display Brew

Time

Exit

PARTS LIST

1

WC-3301

2

WC-3647

2A

WC-8532

3

WC-3320

4

WC-3201

5

WC-37256

5A

WC-3358

5B

WC-33001

5C

WC-37239

6

WC-58117

7

WC-2977-101

8

WC-37189*

8A

WC-37338

9

WC-39398*

9A

WC-39628

10

WC-29025*

10A

WC-2942

11

WC-2965

12

WC-8556*

13

WC-2401

14

WC-58017

14A

WC-58021

14B

WC-58101

15

WC- 102*

16

WC-3518

P-Maintenance (Factory set to OFF)

Press  to Select, Set gallons brewed to indicate P-Maintenance. Press < or > to adjust from Off to 3000 gallons.
Press  to exit.

Beeper On/Off (Factory set to ON)

Press  to display ON or OFF. Pressing either < or > toggles between on and off.  to set. When ON, this feature
allows you to hear a short beep each time a button is pressed.

Quality Timer (Factory set to OFF)

Press  to Select. By pressing < or > buttons, you can increase and decrease time. Setting range is from 0 to 10
hours in 1 hour increments. Press  to set. Expired time indicated by audio alarm and ashing “Quality Timer”.

Display Brew Time (Factory set to ON)

Press  to Select. Pressing < or > toggles between ON and OFF.

Exit

Press  to select, exits program mode and returns unit to operation. Pressing > returns you to Tea Recipes.

DESCRIPTIONPART NºITEM

BASKET, WIRE 7.00 DIA. USE WITH WC-3311 (OPTNL)

STRAINER BT-10 BREWCONE (EXCEPT PARADISE)

STRAINER, TROPICAL BREWCONE

BREW CONE W/HANDLE 8.8” D W/STRNR (OPTIONAL)

HANDLE, BREW CONE BLACK FOR WC-3320

KIT, BREW CONE GOURMET PLASTIC ICED TEA

BREWCONE W/WC-3320, WC-3301 & WC-3647 (OPTNL)

BREWCONE ASSY, PARADISE TEA (OPTIONAL)

KIT, BREW CONE BLK PLASTIC PARADISE TEA ONLY

COVER, TOP BREWER

FITTING, SPRAYHEAD ULTEM

UCM KIT, LABEL & OVERLAY 120V TCTS/T

KIT, UCM & OVERLAY W/HALF BATCH BREW TCTS

LABEL, UCM PANEL TCT/PTT GT3 W/O FAUCET CURTIS

LABEL, UCM PANEL W/HALF BATCH W/O FAUCET

SPRAYHEAD, PURPLE ADVANCE FLOW

SPRAYHEAD, GRAY (OLDER UNITS)

SPOUT, BYPASS ASSEMBLY

HEAT SINK ASSY DV

ELBOW, 3/8 NPT X 1/4 FLRE PLTD

COVER, CENTER WRAP TCT-35S TCTDP-35S

COVER, FRONT CENTER WRAP TCTT/TCTD-35S

COVER, CENTER WRAP SS PTT3

SWITCH, TOGGLE SPST 25A 125/250VAC RESISTIVE

LEG, GLIDE 3/8”-16 STUD SCREW

ITEM

16A

17

18

18A

19

20

21

22

22A

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

32

33

34

35

36

37

38

WC-3503

WC-8531

WC-5853-102

WC-5851

WC-43062

WC-6277

WC-5231*

WC-37278

WC-5502-01*

WC- 904-04*

WC-4394

WC-1438-101*

WC- 523*

WC-5310*

WC-5683

WC-38471

WC-3724*

WC-1803

WC-1805*

WC-3707*

WC-37260*

WC-2707

WC-53038

WC- 826L*

WC- 801*

DESCRIPTIONPART Nº

LEG, 8-32 STD SCREW BUMPER

RAIL, BASE TCTD

COVER, TOP HEATING TANK GEN USE

COVER, TANK W NOTCHES (OLDER UNITS)

GASKET, TANK LID

TANK ASSY, COMPLETE TEA BREWER

COMPOUND SILICONE 5 OZ

KIT, LIQUID LEVEL PROBE GT

PROBE ASSY, W/HEX FTNG, O’RNG, NUT (OLDER UNIT)

ELEMENT, HEATING 1.6KW 120V W/JAM NUTS

SHOCK GUARD, HEATING ELEMENT

SENSOR, TEMPERATURE TANK

THERMOSTAT, MANUAL RESET 120/220V 25A 220ºF MAX

TUBING, 5/16” ID X 1/8” W SILICONE

LID ASSY, TCO

LABEL, FRONT ICED TEA GENERIC

KIT, EZ-VIEW REPLACEMENT (OLDER UNITS)

FAUCET, SPB

SEAT CUP, FAUCET S’

KIT, REPAIR SPB FAUCET

KIT, FAUCET W/ADAPTER COMPLETE

TEE, FLARE ¼ x ¼ x ⅜ BRASS

TUBE ASSY, FLEXIBLE 1/4 FLARE 11-1/8”

VALVE, INLET 1 GPM 120V 10W

VALVE, INLET BRASS .50 GPM 120V 10W RU/WB

* Recommended parts to stock

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18A

18

6

7

8

9

5

5C

22

19

20

23
24

25

26

10

36

35

1

11

21

12

2

5A

14

3

4

15

13
38
37

5B

OLD UNIT

WITH EZ-VIEW

30

33

32

27

16

17

16A

28

29

31

34

5